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So it seems that, as we advanced in our 2008 predictions, energy is going to be the issue for Latin America this year. At least that's what the reactions to every announcement related to the subject show.

Our previously featured Chilean designer Rodrigo Alonso continues his work with sustainable design. After coming up with his project N+EW (No More Electronic Waste) and recycling old computer and electronic parts into a bench and a lamp, he has

It was bound to happen eventually: After 15 years of hemming and hawing over the fate of the country's forests, the Chilean parliament has finally approved the landmark Native Forest Law; in addition to setting forests apart

(Disclaimer: the writer knows one of the organizers of this event) Next November 29th until December 1st will take place Raiz Diseno, a symposium oriented to discuss several subjects around responsible design, working with artisan communities, new ways

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon will be the first UN secretary general to set foot in Antarctica today as he sets off to the planet's southernmost continent to observe the effects of climate change first-hand.

The products pictured above are just three of the neat green designs we spotted at Design Connection 2007, an annual design exhibition that is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, until Friday, October 26th.

Two of our featured eco-designers from Latin America have hit us with some new designs. On one side, Chilean industrial designer Rodrigo Alonso Schramm from Musuc studio has launched a new integrant of its N+EW line: a lamp produced completely with

In an attempt to test the possibility of mitigating the effects of global warming, scientists from India, Germany, Italy and Chile plan on "sinking" carbon emissions into the Scotia Sea, off the Antarctic Peninsula in the South Atlantic, during

A wall is a "complex membrane" that is a firm divider between inside and outside. It is traditionally either solid or window with little gradation between. The Wall House delaminates the wall into four layers, (concrete cave, stacked shelving, milky

Dropping water level is one thing. But when a 100 foot-deep lake (30 metres) with a surface area of 332,000 square feet (101,200 square metres) just up and disappears, park rangers take note. Even if it is in such a remote area it has never been named.

(Picture: Ricardo Lagos during a debate in a UN General Assembly, in 2001) Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, who was recently addressed United Nations adviser to assist general secretary Ban Ki-moon in negotiations regarding Climate Change,

Magellanic by name, magellanic by game. One penguin took its famous namesake to heart, waddling 5000km—that's 3,100 miles for you non-metric types—from its native Magellan islands in southern Chile to Peru's Paracas national reserve. To put this in

TreeHugger was conceived with the intent of showcasing those cool products and services which could help the hesitant move toward a more sustainable lifestyle, without feeling they'd have to revert to hippydom. But from the outset we were very aware